English → Latin
“lace” in Latin
līneaA linen thread.līnumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope, line, string, thread, cord, cablefūniculusa slender rope, cordlimbusA border, edge; hem, fringe, tassel; limbopistillumA pestle.tegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectlĭgŭlaa little tongueastringōto draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract; to check, repress, restrain; to put under obligation, oblige, necōnstringōTo hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hinder, inhibit, hold in check; To bring into a narrow compass, to praetexōto fringe, edge, border (weaving); to place before or in front; to adorn
The English word lace itself goes back to Latin laqueus, through *laceum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lace s.
Texture of very fine linen thread, *texta reticulata, -orum, plur.: to make lace (with bobbins), *opus reticulatum et denticulatum (pistillis) texere: a lace manufactory, *officina textorum reticulatorum.
A string, linea; linum.
A platted string for fastening clothes, *funiculus; or we may say ligula, which Martianus has for “the latchet of a shoe.”
A stripe worn for ornament, limbus.
lace v.
To fasten with a lace or string, astringere; constringere.
To adorn with lace, praetexere: ☞ segmentates probably means set or bordered with thin plates of, etc.
To beat soundly, aliquem caedere virgis acerrime.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lace?
- The usual Latin words for “lace” are līnea, līnum, fūniculus; also limbus, pistillum, tegō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.